Definition of "injoy"
injoy
verb
third-person singular simple present injoys, present participle injoying, simple past and past participle injoyed
Quotations
And the Chriſtian beſeecheth God, that his will may be done, leaſt hee ſhould fall into that inconvenience, which Poets faine of King Midas: who requeſted of the Gods, that whatſoever hee toucht, might bee converted into gold: his prayers were heard, his wine was gold, his bread gold, the fethers of his bed, his ſhirt and his garments were turned into gold, he found himſelfe overwhelmed in the injoying of his deſire, and being enrich’t with an intolerable commoditie, he muſt now vnpray his prayers: […]
1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], page 335
As hee ſuppoſeth each Congregation ſuch, as to have the priviledge of injoying a Presbyterie, or companie of more or leſſe Elders, proper unto it ſelfe; ſo being thus Presbyterated, hee aſſerteth this incorporate body or ſocietie to be the firſt and primary ſubject of a compleat and entire power within it ſelfe over its owne members; […]
1644, Iohn Cotton, The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven, and Power Thereof, According to the VVord of God, […] Tho. Goodwin. Philip Nye. London […] M. Simmons for Henry Overton, […]